I’m sick of all the superdelegate talk. Here’s a typical superdelegate Internet or TV conversation: If the superdelegates steal the nomination from Obama, it will destroy the Democratic Party. It’s a fair argument, but this scenario won’t happen unless Obama and his pastor tag-team a 14-year-old at a polygamist compound. Don’t worry paranoid Obama supporters, [...]
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Internet will kill the radio star
I’ve been playing around with Pandora for the last week or two. Pandora lets you create multiple Internet radio stations. You start by entering an artist or song you like. Pandora will play similar artists and learn your tastes as you “Thumbs Up” or “Thumbs Down” songs. You can add more artists to your station [...]
Roller Derby at The American Royal
I went to the Kansas City Roller Warriors Saturday night with Heather, Amanda and their Chris Cakes brethren. I haven’t attended too many odder things. Popping a squat? I’ve seen Roller Derby on TV before, but never in person. This guy needs to be available for rentals I couldn’t make out any faces from where [...]
Hold onto your wrappers
The Royals improved to 1-5 in games with me in attendance, thanks to Friday’s Buck Night game. If you aren’t familiar, the Royals sell hot dogs, small sodas and peanuts for a dollar on Buck Nights. Hot dog wrappers flew onto the field. The grounds crew got to play “Janitor.” Here are some loud jackasses [...]
Flashback: Kidneys on Swap Shop
Selling kidneys on Swap Shop (3:53 mp3)
My curse on this team continues
We got free tickets to the Royals doubleheader last night. Geoff, Kevin, Dan and I hung out in the parking lot for the first half of the first game before going inside. My camera took a bit of a beating last night. After I took the above shot, I tried to take a timed shot [...]
Douche Usher at The K
I went to my third Royals game of the year last night. The Royals are 0-3 in games with me in attendance. They’ve lost five in a row. Last night’s game was particularly rough. Cleveland beat the Royals 15-1. The good news is I have a douchebag usher to tell you about. The Douche Usher [...]
Milk dilemma (Updated)
I have a difficult time parting with expired milk. I have about two glasses worth of milk that expired four days ago. Usually, I notice the expiration date approaching and will finish the gallon no later than two days after expiration. I’ve never known this two-day-expired milk to taste/digest questionably. I should have seen this [...]
Hawking downs KFC and Big Macs with his science
Stephen Hawking, badass: “If the human race is to continue for another million years, we will have to boldly go where no one has gone before.” Hawking compared people who don’t want to spend money on human space exploration to those who opposed the journey of Christopher Columbus in 1492. “The discovery of the New [...]
Somehow not photoshopped
I don’t know why, but OG George Bush with his mammoth tarpon catch is a disturbing picture. Am I the only one who tried to look up Bush’s shorts?
Totino’s scary quality assurance
From my blog in November: Almost five million Totino’s and Jeno’s frozen pizzas with pepperoni toppings are being recalled because the pepperoni may be contaminated with E. coli. Tonight, when I loaded my supreme Totino’s Party Pizza into the oven, I noticed a change on the package. Yes, Totino’s assures the quality of this fine [...]
Pope Watch!
I find this banner from washingtonpost.com a bit beyond stupid. “Pope Watch” reminds me of this Onion article on Catholics lining up for Pope John Paul II’s funeral before he was even close to dying. “I don’t know how much longer I’ll have to wait, but whether it’s five days or five months, it’ll be [...]
Okay, just one more toilet post
Unless something epic happens in there soon, this will be my last post about restrooms for awhile. Promise. A restaurant that has a sign like the one below has employees that don’t wash their hands. That is all.
Royals stuff
Royals pitcher Brian Bannister shares AL Player of the Week with former Royal Raul Ibanez. Bannister was the AL’s rookie of the month last year in June and August, but this is his first award as AL player of the week. He is 3-0 overall with an 0.86 ERA. Posnanski reminds us of his hatred [...]
That’s a frickin’ cold night in April
We went to the Royals game Saturday night. It was cold. We tailgated three hours before the game. [slideshow=1] Highlights – A very obese, yet not quite Mangino-sized, man tailgated 50 yards away. He wore navy blue sweatpants and a matching sweatshirt. – We were at the game three hours early, yet didn’t get in [...]
A deuce at The K
I went to my first Royals game of the year tonight. My goal for the year is 20 games, so if you’re in the KC metro and hankering for some Royals, hit me up. It was a good time. That new HD scoreboard is pretty sweet. They throw lots of information up there. It’ll take [...]
Can you spot the future “O” Face?
From Reuters: The image shows a pair of computerized ‘averaged’ facial photographs taken from real people’s pictures. According to the research, the face on the right is of someone who is more likely to be interested in a short-term sexual relationship whilst the one on the left is more likely to be interested in a [...]
Don’t confuse the cheap beer drinkers
Natty Light redesigned its can last summer. Within the last month, the new Busch Light cans started showing up in my 30 packs. The result is unacceptable. These cans are way too similar. The fonts are all set at the exact same angle, the amount of blue exposed at the top is almost identical, and [...]
Is that the sound of urine?
Mike, Justin and I hit a couple of bars before the KU game Monday. Justin’s bladder is the size of a shot glass, do we had to duck into The Eldridge Hotel for a bathroom break between bars. The Eldridge is an ancient hotel, and its bathrooms are no exception. The men’s room had two [...]
